Gesundheit!

 
The average number of days employees were sick went up in Germany last year from 15.4 (2006) to 16.3 (2007).
That’s a lot of sick days and I am happy to say that my company in Munich is significantly under this level.
The news item prompted me to look for a comparison table of average sick days in Europe and the US. This is what I came up with:

Sweden           26
Norway           21
Finnland          15
Belgium           16
France             16
Germany         16
Netherlands   14
UK                   13
Denmark        10
Austria            10
USA                  9
Switzerland     7
Italy                 7
Ireland             6

 The main story here: average sick leave in Europe is a lot higher than in the US. Most countries guarantee a …read more